You inspired me to put my Bear Bryant hat on.
Posted on 01/01/2018 7:45:24 PM PST by blam
The first half of Tide-Tigers III hasn’t lived up to the first two installments that saw Alabama and Clemson trade national championship victories with a composite score of 76-75 Alabama. Instead, it’s been a Nick Saban kind of football game, as the Crimson Tide leads 10-3 at the break in the Sugar Bowl.
Alabama completely dominated the first quarter. After the teams exchanged three three-and-outs to open the game, the Tide opened the scoring with a 10-play, 47-yard drive capped by a 24-yard Andy Pappanastos field goal. Alabama forced another Clemson three-and-out on the Tigers’ next possession — Clemson’s third of the first quarter — Alabama started at the Clemson 46-yard line and leaned on its running game, with seven plays covering 34 yards, all of them in the hands of Jalen Hurts, Damien Harris or Bo Scarborough before Hurts found Calvin Ridley wide open on a scramble for a 12-yard touchdown grab, putting the Tide up 10-0 to close the first quarter.
Sensing a now-or-never moment, Clemson turned to Kelly Bryant. After a 7-yard sack to open the drive, Bryant converted with runs of five and 20 yards and accounted for 53 of the Tigers’ 54 yards, setting up a 44-yard Alex Spence field goal to get the defending champions on the board at the 10-minute mark of the second quarter.
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- Roll Tide -
BTW, I had expected Oklahoma to beat Georgia.
Congratulations Bulldogs.
I post this article and Alabama immediately loses the ball in a fumble.
incredible games all day today:
UGA-OU, UCF-Auburn, ND-LSU, South Carolina-Michigan...
Alabama has controlled this contest from the get go and its a surprise they are only up by 7 at halftime...
ROLL TIDE. Rammer Jammer. And for goodness sake, the offense needs to score a little more!8
I got all my Clemson gear on. Go Tigers!
All SEC championship, the college football couch potato fan nightmare!! LOL
My mom’s husband’s grandson is a freshman at Clemson. Suddenly my mom is watching the game wearing an orange shirt, rooting for a team she probably never heard of six months ago. Pretty funny
changed from my Sooner Boomer shirt and am now wearing my Roll Tide sweatshirt. What a day!!!!
Go Tigers
Anyone know a good alternative website to goatdee? My Chromebook won’t play the video for some reason (even though Chrome is suppose to have flash built in). Can’t watch the game.
Guess Baker “Ryan Leaf” Mayfield should get ready to be the next Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
You inspired me to put my Bear Bryant hat on.
Sorry Clemson and Alabama but after that Georgia-Oklahoma game I have nothing left to give you.
A dream come ttue
Still recovering from the Rose Bowl. What a game!
I am glad GA won that one
I have earrings and scarf and sweatshirt and decal on car. LOL!
Yep ESPN and the committee screwed up big time.
Making me nervous now. Still time though.
Couldn’t find an illegal stream anywhere.
YouTube will have a condensed version of the games up by tomorrow.
Sounds like the Rose Bowl was as good as last years’ USC/Penn St. classic.
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